Footcare knowledge and practice among diabetic patients attending primary health care centers in Jazan region, Saudi Arabia
Abstract Background Diabetic foot is one of the significant complications of diabetes mellitus, associated with a high risk of morbidity and mortality. Patients' knowledge of, and willingness to practice, good footcare are essential and may decrease these risks. This study was conducted to asse...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Wiley
2023-05-01
|
| Series: | Journal of General and Family Medicine |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.613 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1832583534100873216 |
|---|---|
| author | Gasem Darraj Mohammed Somaili Samy Shaban Mohammed Jahlan Abdulaziz Darraj Banan Ahmed Gasem Mojamamy Mohammed Darraj Hesham Dahlan Ahmad Alqassim |
| author_facet | Gasem Darraj Mohammed Somaili Samy Shaban Mohammed Jahlan Abdulaziz Darraj Banan Ahmed Gasem Mojamamy Mohammed Darraj Hesham Dahlan Ahmad Alqassim |
| author_sort | Gasem Darraj |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Abstract Background Diabetic foot is one of the significant complications of diabetes mellitus, associated with a high risk of morbidity and mortality. Patients' knowledge of, and willingness to practice, good footcare are essential and may decrease these risks. This study was conducted to assess adult diabetic patients' knowledge of footcare and willingness to put their knowledge into practice. Method A cross‐sectional observational study was conducted on adult diabetic patients in the central area of the Jazan Region using patients' responses to a questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were calculated for study variables, and the Pearson chi‐squared test was used to compare categorical data. Results A total of 410 diabetic patients were included in this study. The mean age of the participants was 56.7 years. The mean duration of their diabetes mellitus (DM) to date was 9.2 years, and 63% had complications of diabetes. For the questionnaire, 56% of the patients gave incorrect responses to the knowledge of the footcare section and 81% to the willingness to practice footcare section. Highly educated patients have better knowledge and practice of diabetic footcare than those who are less educated (77% vs. 23%, p < 0.05), (37% vs. 20%, p < 0.05), respectively. A statistically significant difference exists between patients with good and poor knowledge scores. Conclusion This study demonstrates that the knowledge and practice of footcare among DM patients are poor. Therefore, appropriate patient information programs are needed to increase patients' understanding of their illness and how to manage it. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-6c85afc6857b498c943b1bc95290265b |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 2189-7948 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2023-05-01 |
| publisher | Wiley |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Journal of General and Family Medicine |
| spelling | doaj-art-6c85afc6857b498c943b1bc95290265b2025-01-28T12:00:52ZengWileyJournal of General and Family Medicine2189-79482023-05-0124316417010.1002/jgf2.613Footcare knowledge and practice among diabetic patients attending primary health care centers in Jazan region, Saudi ArabiaGasem Darraj0Mohammed Somaili1Samy Shaban2Mohammed Jahlan3Abdulaziz Darraj4Banan Ahmed5Gasem Mojamamy6Mohammed Darraj7Hesham Dahlan8Ahmad Alqassim9Family Medicine Department Armed Forced Hospital Jazan Saudi ArabiaInternal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine Jazan University Jazan Saudi ArabiaFamily and Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine Jazan University Jazan Saudi ArabiaJazan Health Affairs Ministry of Health Jazan Saudi ArabiaJazan Health Affairs Ministry of Health Jazan Saudi ArabiaJazan Health Affairs Ministry of Health Jazan Saudi ArabiaJazan Health Affairs Ministry of Health Jazan Saudi ArabiaJazan Health Affairs Ministry of Health Jazan Saudi ArabiaJazan Health Affairs Ministry of Health Jazan Saudi ArabiaFamily and Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine Jazan University Jazan Saudi ArabiaAbstract Background Diabetic foot is one of the significant complications of diabetes mellitus, associated with a high risk of morbidity and mortality. Patients' knowledge of, and willingness to practice, good footcare are essential and may decrease these risks. This study was conducted to assess adult diabetic patients' knowledge of footcare and willingness to put their knowledge into practice. Method A cross‐sectional observational study was conducted on adult diabetic patients in the central area of the Jazan Region using patients' responses to a questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were calculated for study variables, and the Pearson chi‐squared test was used to compare categorical data. Results A total of 410 diabetic patients were included in this study. The mean age of the participants was 56.7 years. The mean duration of their diabetes mellitus (DM) to date was 9.2 years, and 63% had complications of diabetes. For the questionnaire, 56% of the patients gave incorrect responses to the knowledge of the footcare section and 81% to the willingness to practice footcare section. Highly educated patients have better knowledge and practice of diabetic footcare than those who are less educated (77% vs. 23%, p < 0.05), (37% vs. 20%, p < 0.05), respectively. A statistically significant difference exists between patients with good and poor knowledge scores. Conclusion This study demonstrates that the knowledge and practice of footcare among DM patients are poor. Therefore, appropriate patient information programs are needed to increase patients' understanding of their illness and how to manage it.https://doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.613diabetes mellitusdiabetic footknowledgepracticeprimary Health Carepublic Health |
| spellingShingle | Gasem Darraj Mohammed Somaili Samy Shaban Mohammed Jahlan Abdulaziz Darraj Banan Ahmed Gasem Mojamamy Mohammed Darraj Hesham Dahlan Ahmad Alqassim Footcare knowledge and practice among diabetic patients attending primary health care centers in Jazan region, Saudi Arabia Journal of General and Family Medicine diabetes mellitus diabetic foot knowledge practice primary Health Care public Health |
| title | Footcare knowledge and practice among diabetic patients attending primary health care centers in Jazan region, Saudi Arabia |
| title_full | Footcare knowledge and practice among diabetic patients attending primary health care centers in Jazan region, Saudi Arabia |
| title_fullStr | Footcare knowledge and practice among diabetic patients attending primary health care centers in Jazan region, Saudi Arabia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Footcare knowledge and practice among diabetic patients attending primary health care centers in Jazan region, Saudi Arabia |
| title_short | Footcare knowledge and practice among diabetic patients attending primary health care centers in Jazan region, Saudi Arabia |
| title_sort | footcare knowledge and practice among diabetic patients attending primary health care centers in jazan region saudi arabia |
| topic | diabetes mellitus diabetic foot knowledge practice primary Health Care public Health |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.613 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT gasemdarraj footcareknowledgeandpracticeamongdiabeticpatientsattendingprimaryhealthcarecentersinjazanregionsaudiarabia AT mohammedsomaili footcareknowledgeandpracticeamongdiabeticpatientsattendingprimaryhealthcarecentersinjazanregionsaudiarabia AT samyshaban footcareknowledgeandpracticeamongdiabeticpatientsattendingprimaryhealthcarecentersinjazanregionsaudiarabia AT mohammedjahlan footcareknowledgeandpracticeamongdiabeticpatientsattendingprimaryhealthcarecentersinjazanregionsaudiarabia AT abdulazizdarraj footcareknowledgeandpracticeamongdiabeticpatientsattendingprimaryhealthcarecentersinjazanregionsaudiarabia AT bananahmed footcareknowledgeandpracticeamongdiabeticpatientsattendingprimaryhealthcarecentersinjazanregionsaudiarabia AT gasemmojamamy footcareknowledgeandpracticeamongdiabeticpatientsattendingprimaryhealthcarecentersinjazanregionsaudiarabia AT mohammeddarraj footcareknowledgeandpracticeamongdiabeticpatientsattendingprimaryhealthcarecentersinjazanregionsaudiarabia AT heshamdahlan footcareknowledgeandpracticeamongdiabeticpatientsattendingprimaryhealthcarecentersinjazanregionsaudiarabia AT ahmadalqassim footcareknowledgeandpracticeamongdiabeticpatientsattendingprimaryhealthcarecentersinjazanregionsaudiarabia |